The Daily Mail (London, England), December 5th, 2007
MY FAMILY lived in Khartoum in the early Sixties when many Britishfamilies employed domestic help. We had Suleiman, a young Muslim man. If heever had any doubts about looking after a house and a noisy family of threeEnglish girls, he never showed it.
He had an implacable aura of dignity. If there was a social gathering at homeand Suleiman noticed my parents tiring, he would appear with a tray of glassesof water, signalling to the guests it was time to leave. Nobody argued.
He would sit on the terrace and spoonfeed my baby sister, smiling patiently asshe threw her food around. And if we som...
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